<s>
Synthography	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
method	O
of	O
generating	O
digital	O
media	O
synthetically	O
using	O
machine	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
distinct	O
from	O
other	O
graphic	O
creation	O
and	O
editing	O
methods	O
in	O
that	O
synthography	B-General_Concept
uses	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
art	O
text-to-image	B-General_Concept
models	O
to	O
generate	O
synthetic	B-General_Concept
media	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
commonly	O
achieved	O
by	O
prompt	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
text	O
descriptions	O
as	O
input	O
to	O
create	O
or	O
edit	O
a	O
desired	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Text-to-image	B-General_Concept
models	O
,	O
algorithms	O
,	O
and	O
software	O
are	O
tools	O
used	O
in	O
synthography	B-General_Concept
that	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
have	O
technical	O
proficiency	O
in	O
creating	O
the	O
resulting	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
art	O
output	O
based	O
on	O
human	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synthography	B-General_Concept
typically	O
uses	O
text-to-image	B-General_Concept
models	O
to	O
synthesize	O
new	O
images	O
as	O
a	O
derivative	O
of	O
the	O
training	O
,	O
validation	O
,	O
and	O
test	O
data	B-General_Concept
sets	I-General_Concept
on	O
which	O
the	O
text-to-image	B-General_Concept
models	O
were	O
trained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synthography	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
method	O
used	O
,	O
not	O
the	O
output	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
output	O
created	O
specifically	O
by	O
generative	O
machine	O
learning	O
models	O
(	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
broader	O
category	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
art	O
)	O
are	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
synthographs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
who	O
practice	O
synthography	B-General_Concept
are	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
synthographers	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
synthographer	B-General_Concept
can	O
harness	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
linguistic	O
composition	O
to	O
tame	O
a	O
generative	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
cases	O
also	O
include	O
fine-tuning	O
a	O
model	O
on	O
a	O
dataset	B-General_Concept
to	O
expand	O
its	O
creation	O
possibilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Practical	O
uses	O
of	O
synthography	B-General_Concept
include	O
AI-driven	O
product	O
shots	O
,	O
stock	O
photography	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
magazine	O
covers	O
with	O
some	O
making	O
predictions	O
that	O
synthography	B-General_Concept
may	O
be	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
photography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
synthography	B-General_Concept
refers	O
to	O
the	O
method	O
of	O
generating	O
AI	B-Application
visuals	O
,	O
these	O
are	O
the	O
mediums	O
or	O
classes	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
note	O
that	O
the	O
mediums	O
listed	O
are	O
of	O
the	O
class	O
of	O
medium	O
,	O
not	O
specific	O
instances	O
of	O
it	O
ie	O
:	O
chatbot	B-Application
instead	O
of	O
ChatGPT	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Synthography	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
method	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
synthetic	B-General_Concept
media	I-General_Concept
using	O
generative	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
art	O
(	O
including	O
music	O
,	O
cooking	O
,	O
and	O
video	O
game	O
level	O
design	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
output	O
created	O
using	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
which	O
is	O
an	O
overly	O
and	O
increasingly	O
broad	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Elke	O
Reinhuber	O
coined	O
the	O
term	O
synthography	B-General_Concept
in	O
her	O
paper	O
,	O
"	O
Synthography	B-General_Concept
–	O
An	O
Invitation	O
to	O
Reconsider	O
the	O
Rapidly	O
Changing	O
Toolkit	O
of	O
Digital	O
Image	O
Creation	O
"	O
,	O
she	O
spoke	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
legitimation	O
crisis	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
need	O
for	O
the	O
term	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
generative	O
models	O
were	O
used	O
,	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
art	O
algorithms	O
already	O
existed	O
in	O
mediums	O
such	O
as	O
graphics	O
editing	O
software	O
(	O
ie	O
:	O
content-aware	O
fill	O
,	O
application	O
of	O
artistic	O
styles	O
,	O
resolution	O
enhancement	O
)	O
which	O
employs	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
tools	O
,	O
and	O
DSLR	O
and	O
smartphone	O
cameras	O
(	O
ie	O
:	O
object	O
recognition	O
,	O
in-camera	O
focus	O
stacking	O
,	O
low-light	O
machine	O
learning	O
algorithms	O
)	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
continue	O
to	O
undergo	O
rapid	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
is	O
a	O
superset	O
of	O
Machine	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Machine	O
learning	O
is	O
a	O
superset	O
of	O
neural	B-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neural	B-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
are	O
a	O
superset	O
of	O
generative	O
models	O
such	O
as	O
GAN	O
's	O
(	O
generative	B-Algorithm
adversarial	I-Algorithm
networks	I-Algorithm
)	O
and	O
diffusion	B-Algorithm
models	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synthography	B-General_Concept
specifically	O
uses	O
generative	O
models	O
,	O
as	O
popularized	O
by	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
DALL-E	B-General_Concept
,	O
Midjourney	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Stable	B-General_Concept
Diffusion	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
